While many women sail between the s...

While many women sail between the sides of menopause with few complaints, others are bothered by means of hot flashes, headaches and other complications.

By the time a woman is 45 years advanced in years about 450 of her ovarian follicles have ripened and ovulated; barely a few are left to bury estrogens and progesterone, reported ABC's of the Human Body

Not no other than do a woman's monthly periods now come to an conclusion but also, as her material part attempts to adjust to the radical change in its hormonal environment, she may stomach from flushing, sweating, irritability, fatigue, anxiety and depression for month sometimes for years, the publication adds.

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Dr Whitaker discusses the hot-flash symptom

In his work Dr. Whitaker's Guide to Natural Healing, Julian Whitaker, MD says that the head and neck of a 50-year-old woman unexpectedly becomes warm and red. The feeling lasts for a brace of seconds, although it can last up to sum of two units minutes. Unfortunately, she doesn't know when the feeling will arrive again, and she doesn't know what is worse -- unexpectedly being overcome with the sensation of heat, or the chills that sometimes follow

"For 65 to 75 percent of women in the United States, symptoms like these, known as violent flashes, will mark the advent of menopause," Whitaker says.

He adds that about women will feel other discomforts in association with violent flashes, including headache, increased heart rate and insomnia. oppressive flashes can also be accompanied according to dizziness, weight gain and fatigue.

"The signs and symptoms of `the change' are contemplation to be associated with altered functions in a part of the brain called the hypothalamus," Whitaker continues.

"The hypothalamus sits above the pituitary gland, in the center of the brain. There it advances as the link between the nervous plan and the hormonal or endocrine system"

He went upon to say that compounds known as endorphins be under the orders of as chemical messengers between the brain and the endocrine classification They play a key part in the proper functioning of the hypothalamus. The release of pituitary hormones, rates of metabolism, dead body temperature, sleep patterns, libido and frame of mind alterations are all linked to the endorphin-hypothalamus relationship. They can all be affected during menopausal changes.

Menopausal symptoms are frequently treated with estrogen-replacement therapy, on the contrary according to Whitaker, these side general intents have been reported: increased risk of cancer, gallstones, thump and heart attack; nausea; symptoms similar to PMS; breast tenderness; depression; liver disorders; enlargement of uterine fibroids; fluid retention; kindred sugar disturbances; and headaches.

Whitaker, in his volume suggests a variety of natural therapies for menopause, of the like kind as vitamins C and E soy diets gamma-oryzanol and herbs such as dong quai, licorice lower part chaste berry and black cohosh

A homeopathic formula for menopause is now available in health fare stores. It is said to provide relief from heated flashes, aches, headache, anxiety, disposition swings, nervous tension, cramps and irritability.

Five all-natural ingredients in single in kind homeopathic formula

The ingredients are Lachesis mutus (10x); bryonia (4x); Cactus grandiflorus (3x); glonoinum (8x) and Kali carbonicum (6x)

Lachesis mutus is venom from the Surukuku snake of southerly America. It reportedly relieves of high temperature flashes, painful ovaries, diarrhea, headache, brumal sweats at night, abdominal spasms and other symptoms.

Bryonia (white bryony) relieves chokeed menses, erratic menstrual flow, breast tendernes diarrhea, bad smelling mense and other conditions.

Cactus grandiflorus (night-blooming cereus) is said to relieve pulsating pain in the ovaries and uterus, headache, breast inflammation, etc

Glonoinum (nitroglycerin) is added to the formula to relieve headache, throbbing pains, nausea, vertigo and other problems

Kali carbonicum (potassium carbonate) is a popular homeopathic counteractive for dysmenorrhea, headache, insomnia, haunt urination, pain during intercourse and other complications of menopause.

Since these remedies are now combined into individual formula, women with menopausal symptoms may find the performance convenient and helpful.

REFERENCES

Clarke, John Henry, MD Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica. London: The Homeopathic Publishing Co 1902

Guinness, Alma E editor. ABC's of the Human corpse Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 1987

Whitaker, Julian, MD Dr Whitaker's Guide to Natural Healing. Rocklin, Calif.: Prima Publishing, 1995

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